I cant wait for the season to start. Citi Field is looking sweet.

Any Mets fans in here wanna go in on season tickets?

Mets fan here, but I'm in Cali.

Thank god the Mets have a bullpen this year. I can't take another September implosion.

P.S. Manny Ramirez is a tool. I hope he dies by bee stings.

Edit: Santana may not be ready for the start of the season because of his elbow. My team is already off to a bad start.

OMG Dont remind me. Is actually a strain of the tricepts tendon. They are saying it just needs a week or 2 of rest but Im already scared. If Santana goes down might as well look forward to football season. At least its a long spring this year.

Hellz yeah on the bullpen. K-Rod and JJ are gonna be nasty to close the game.

Wilpons are tools Manny is sitting there crying to fall in there lap for 2 years. Bastards wont take it.

Lets Go YANKEES!!!

I want to see Manny back in LA but the Dodgers gave him a very good offer in this economy. 2 years at almost $23 million a year. His friggin agent told him he could get him 4 years at 100 mill. Thats their problem.

At this point its up to somebody else to make an offer even close to the Dodgers before they up the ante.

Manny is a Dodger!!!!!! Done deal and the presser should be tomorrow.

The Mets are assholes for not signing Manny. He will be a monster for LA with a full season of BP off of NL pitchers. Now if they dont win this year then next year will be a different story lol.

Manny is a great hitter but he was on his best behavior last year for 60 games because it was a contract year. I dont think he is a bad guy but he can go to sleep on you.

Apparently he is going to have an Out clause in this contract with LA if it gets signed. After one year. Im OK with that.. To me thats better than being stuck with him for 4 seasons if he starts to slow down or make trouble.

I was gonna laugh if LA raised the $. Nobody else was close to them and that wouldve been dumb as hell.

A-Rod out either 10 week or 4 months. Worst time for this to happen with the Yankees. With Manny off the market, the Yankees can't find anyone to replace that production. Their offense is going to struggle taking his production out of the line-up. Why couldn't this have happened a week earlier??

someone send me a center fielder that can lead off to the southside of chicago and my sox will win the ALCS....write that down.

The AL central is going to be a wild one this year. Every team minus the Royals (who are improved) have a legitimate chance to win the division. The White Sox problem last year was that it was 3 run home run or bust. Their going to have to learn to play some small ball when needed if their going to re-peat as division champs though. With that said, Ozzie seems to get the most out of the talent he has so I'm curious to see what he gets out of this bunch this year!

WAR Dodgers!!! Manny for a full year means we most likely win the West fairly easily. Now, if our pitching is able to pitch to left-handers efficiently, we can win the pennant. I'm seriously excited. Furcal, Hudson, and Manny batting 1-2-3 is pure awesome.

War Astros!!!! We should have one of the best offense in the NL with Carlos Lee back in the lineup and hope Tejada will be able to play. Starting pitching isnt th greates but, its pretty solid.

World Baseball Classic is underway in North America finally. I'm watching Team USA right now and I must say, the venues and tournament looks a lot more well prepared then it did in 06. Netherlands upset the Dominican today with Sidney Ponson on the mound LMAO. I'm actually enjoying watching the game right now. Hopefully the USA will have a better showing then they did last time around!

Orlando Hudson was an awesome pickup for LA.

Houston is gonna be trading Carlos Lee by July.

This is the Padres year, I can feel it!

I am also making a resolution to get my ass down to SD to catch a game with Inty and Ilian this year.

The Padres always give the Dodgers trouble. Its doestn matter what their records are. LA could have 110 wins and SD 67 wins but they`ll take 2 out of 3 in a crucial series just to ruin my summer.

I've always thought that the Padres chances of victory over the Dodgers are inversely proportional to how good they are- the shittier the Padre lineup, the better the chance they'll take a series off the Dodgers.

Agree with ETM and Glock. Then again, it is the second-fiercest rivalry in the West after all, so it should really come as no surprise.

Lowe is looking razor sharp tonight. Maybe the Braves are back.

Brett Myers is ass.

Going to be apart of opening ceramony at the Big A tonight. Dodgers and Angels both have their work cut out this year.

Mets fans, Hold your breath in the 9th when K Rod comes in. He dosent make it easy at all. Hes overated.

Maybe. But I'll take his overrated a$$ over what has been there the last two years. Lookie here, the Mets BP actually converts a save opportunity and don't blow a lead for Santana.

WAR, METS!

Can't wait to go to an A's game this year and possibly see some runs get scored. Should be fun.

They managed a big fat doughnut last night.

Chaser- He gets the job done and Id rather have him on my side more oftern than not, but whatever you do dont turn off teh tube in the 9th. He seems to always let runners on, but that said, gets it done.

WAR MARLINS!!!!!!

Rockies fan here and it should be another year of watching some painful pitching. They were able to knock around Brandon Webb yesterday and they still lost 9-8.

yeah its too bad they are looking to retooling this year because that was a fun squad who made it to the WS

and I don't see the hype for my beloved Dodgers

on Offense yeah we have a lot of talent but other than Manny no real honesto to goodness pop unless Kemp becomes a beast

our pitching is anchored by some inexperienced guys and our bullpen is a step below last years

if it werent for the west being so bad I wouldnt think they would have a shot

War, Padres!

We're gonna need some of the kids to really step up and produce in order to make some substantial waves. Last season was a good start, but now it's time to continue that momentum. It's funny too, that the core guys had fairly solid years in terms of batting...if they were batting 6-8. The problem is that they're batting in the run-producing spots and only getting close to 20 HRs, 60 RBIs, and batting between .280 and .300. If anyone other than Manny can approach 30 HRs on the season, I'll be pleased. Preferably two. I'm cool with the top of the lineup though, Furcal and Hudson are two of the best up there.

Again though, this is the year for Martin, Kemp, Ethier, Loney, Billingsley, Kershaw, and Broxton to solidify themselves as reliable contributors and not just promising youngsters.

they are going to suck this year bro

totally

This should be the year those guys come of age. Kemp is a five tool player who I think can hit 20-25 HRs a year. Loney is my favorite young hitter on the team. He is more of a doubles hitter but he can hit .300. Either is kind a the same thing but he has slightly more power. Russell Martin just needs to keep playing the way he is. He is already an allstar catcher. Picking up Orlando Hudson was nice. He hit .300 as well.

The pitching is the question mark IMO. Billingsly. Kershaw and Kuroda have to should ther burden. There is a kid though Im excited about James McDonald. He might get the 5th spot in the rotation. Kid has a live arm. He might end up the best pitcher on the squad in a couple of years. There was talk of picking up Pedro Martinez for that long relief or 5th spot as well.

If those young hitters cant flourish with a fulll season hitting around Manny then I dont think there is any hope for them. Manny isnt just a talented guy he is a student of hitting. Those guys can learn alot by talking to him and watching how he approaches the pitcher.

IMO they should have made a better effort at Penny because he can anchor the 4th or 5th spot. Lowe I knew was going to want more money than they were willing to give so that was given but Penny could have been had for...well pennies

we suck just about every year....it doesn't stop me from dreaming!

F the yankees.

Does Penny have anything left?

as a 5th starter? Yeah plus he has gotten smarter so I could see him being a 14-11 type guy for a lot of teams

Exactly...I've seen him get worse and worse the last few years. No Thanks. I like the youth and you save the money for now. Not to mention that yesterday there was lots of talk of Peavy getting traded to the Dodgers due to all the shit goin on with the Padres,Owner and his divorce.

Angel's pitcher Nick Adenhart and two other people were killed this morning after a hit and run car crash. A van ran a red light and hit the car they were traveling in. The police caught the driver of the van a short while later.

that sucks...and only 22 years old. RIP

This is so sad. apparently the dude who hit them was driving drunk with a suspended license. He should be killed.

Cosign. What a terrible story

Chad Billingsly strikes out 11 in 7 innings and Orlando Hudson hits for the cycle as the Dodgers beat the Giants.

First Dodger player to hit for the cycle since 1970. {Wes Parker}

Proving once again there are only two types of fans...Dodger fans and people who wish they were.

Yup. Yesterday was about as good a day as anything short of actually winning a title. And to think this is what we're capable of potentially, when we fire on all cylinders and don't rely on Manny. Granted, it was the Giants, but it was impressive and damn satisfying.

This is to remind everyone, that yes, the Dodgers are the hottest team in the majors, Billingsley is becoming your worst nightmare, and Manny's just started waking up. Go Blue.

Nice ceromony for Harry Kalas today in Philadelphia. He was the voice of the city.

Oh yeah...Dustin Pedroia is a douchebag.

He is from a small trucking/farm town just North of Sacramento. He said in a Boston magazine that his hometown was a dump and that it "stinks" and that nobody would ever want to stay in that Hell hole.

His parents own their own tire shop up there and the entire town worshipped him. They were going to name a street after him. They got a Death Threat from some lunatic who was actually going to shoot them because of what Pedrioia said.

He used the old I was just kidding line after he realized his people back in Woodland knew about it. Classy.

Johan Santana is a very sick dude. His ERA is .46, I think that's good.

WAR MARLINS!!!!!!!

Yeah man, those Marlins are doing the damn thing. By the way, you realize that the Marlins won titles in '97 and '03. It is 2009. They might be due.

Let's not go overboard with the Marlins talk, 6 of their 11 wins are against the Natties... they do have a nice young squad (esp. their staff) but we'll see if they hold up.